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Simile. It is comparing his life to a black hole.
Name the literary device:
His life felt like a black hole. |
Static Character
The Rat Man works for WICKED and throughout the whole story. What kind of character stays the same throughout the whole story?
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Personification. Panic and worry cannot swallow something. Swallowing is a human quality.
Name the literary device:
He was trying not to sink into the pit of panic and worry that threatened to swallow him. |
Verbal Irony. It is sarcasm in this paragraph which is the same thing as verbal irony.
Name the literary device:
“Yeah, right,” Minho said. “And Frypan’s gonna start having little babies, Winston’ll get rid of his monster acne, and Thomas here’ll actually smile for once.” Thomas turned to Minho and exaggerated a fake smile. “There, you hap |
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Hyperbole. It is exaggerating how sweaty he really is.
Name the literary device:
Every inch of his body felt drenched with sweat. |
Protagonist
Thomas in the main character in the story. What kind of character is the main character?
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Foreshadowing. It seems like something bad is going to happen like it did at the Glade.
Name the literary device:
He looked up at the black sky, then sucked in a hurried breath as the memory of the sun vanishing from the Glade came rushing back. That had been the beginning of the end. The beginning of terror. |
Tone.
Name the literary device:
"You're all dead. You're all going to be sliced. Dead and sliced." |
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Metaphor. He is not literally going to sink.
Name the literary device:
He was trying not to sink into the pit of panic and worry that threatened to swallow him. |
Dynamic Character
Teresa doesn't stay the same throughout the story. What kind of character changes throughout the story?
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Flashback. Thomas is having a dream of something that happened in the past, so he is flashing back.
Name the literary device:
He's sitting in a chair. Ten or eleven years old. Teresa - she looks so different, so much younger - yet it's still clearly her. |
Repetition. The crank is repeating the word "kill me!"
Name the literary device:
"Kill me! Kill me! Kill me!..." |
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Imagery. This is visually descriptive about what the rain looks like.
Name the literary device:
They fell from the sky in jagged streaks, like bars of white light, slamming into the ground and throwing up massive amounts of scorched earth. |
Antagonist
WICKED (World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department) is evil and seems to be trying to kill everyone in the trials. What kind of character is the "bad guy"?
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Theme. It is the lesson learned from the story.
Name the literary device:
True friends will always stick together and do things for each other. |
Pun.
Name the literary device:
And then Thomas, still in shock over the sheer power of the lighting bursts... |
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Point of view. It is told in 3rd person
Name the literary device:
HE is sitting in a chair. SHE looks down at her feet. |
Characterization. The author is describing what the crank looks like.
Name the literary device:
His eyes were wide and bloodshot, filled with madness. Sores and scars covered his thin, splotches of what looked like greenish moss. |
Mood. You can tell that Aris is sad.
Name the literary device:
Aris looked down at the floor and his shoulders fell. It looked as if a wave of some terrible memory had washed over him. He sighed, then finally looked back up at Thomas and answered |
Symbol.
The scorch stands for death. What type of literary device stands for so something else?
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